On 18/04/11 22:34, Mun wrote:
Hi Tony,
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 01:19 PM PDT, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
TM> On 18/04/11 21:22, Mun wrote:
TM> >Hi,
TM> >
TM> >What are the advantages/disadvantages between X11 and GTK when compiling
TM> >gvim? My Linux box uses GTK by default, but I wonder if I would be
TM> >better served with X11. However, I couldn't find any comparisons
TM> >between the two which would allow me to make an informed decision.
TM> >
TM> >Any thoughts or opinions on the matter would be appreciated.
TM> >
TM> >Regards,
TM> >
TM>
TM> What do you mean, X11 or GTK? GTK requires X11. I'd say the
TM> following flavours of GUI vim exist:
Oops, I misspoke. My apologies. Thanks for pointing out that faux pas.
I meant to say the differences between Motif and GTK. Note that I have
corrected the subject.
I'm mainly interested in functionality differences between the two. For
example, with GTK one can change the font via the menu
(Edit->Select Font...). With X11, you cannot.
Regards,
I don't know about the menu, but according to the help (options.txt
dated 2011-Mar-22),
:set guifont=*
which provides the same functionality, is available under "Win32, GTK,
Motif, MacOS and Photon".
One difference is that the "value" of the 'guifont' is more easy for a
human to guess and understand under GTK2, for instance for the same font:
" under GTK2
:set gfn=Lucida\ Sans\ Typewriter\ 12
" under GTK1, Motif, Athena, NeXtAw etc.
:set gfn=-*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-*
" under the obsolete kvim
:set gfn=Lucida\ Sans\ Typewriter/12/-1/5/50/0/0/0/1/0
" under Windows
:set gfn=Lucida_Console:h12:cDEFAULT
etc.
Some of the differences between the various GUI flavours may be
described here and there in the Vim help, but if there is a systematic
"comparison table" summarizing them all, I'm not aware of it.
Best regards,
Tony.
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